March: A Wiz of a Month for OZ Lovers

Runner alert!

The Wicked Marathon will be March 28 right here in Wamego, Kansas.

https://wickedmarathon.org/...

The Wiz

March 14 Danscompany of Gainesville, Florida, offers The Wiz
https://www.visitgainesville.com/event/danscompany-of-gainesville-2020-spring-concert-the-wiz/

The Wiz opens March 19 at the Firehouse Theatre in Farmers Branch, Texas.
https://www.thefirehousetheatre.com/mainstage-tickets/

March 27-28 in Dallas "Journey to Oz: A Rendition of The Wiz" by the KIPP Destiny Starlight Singers -- an award-winning children’s choir.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-journey-to-oz-a-rendition-of-the-wiz-tickets-92212607391

Fun with Film

Sun, Mar. 8 the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Massachusetts, will offer a pre-film presentation by a tornado expert followed by the MGM classic.
https://patch.com/.../science-on-screen-the-wizard-of-oz

March 25 A Dress-Up and Sing-Along event for all ages turns a film screening into a party!  Join the fun in Milton, Delaware 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wizard-of-oz-1939-film-screening-dress-up-sing-along-tickets-78553671145

March 27 in Hemet, Calif., a Wizard of Oz Singalong event includes costume and singing contests, raffles and more.
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Oz Dance

March 25 at the Cobb Great Hall in East Lansing, Michigan,  The Royal Winnipeg Ballet presents the Septime Webre production of The Wizard of Oz.
https://www.whartoncenter.com/events/detail/royal-winnipeg-ballet

March 28-29  The Royal Winnipeg Ballet brings the Wizard of Oz to the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln, Nebraska. https://www.liedcenter.org/event/royal-winnipeg-ballets-wizard-oz

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet then takes The Wizard of Oz to Sommervold Hall in Sioux Falls, SD, March 31    
https://www.washingtonpavilion.org/event/royal-winnipeg-ballet-wizard-oz

And still, there’s more Oz….

Reception March 7: All Things Oz Museum of Chittenango, NY, displays memorabilia from the museum at the Walk In Art Center in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania. The exhibit remains on display through March and April.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2614758048747300/

March 21-22 in New York, The Producer's Club offers The Wizard of Oz by Kathryn Schultz Miller with the Alpha NYC Theater cast. http://www.thealphanyctix.com

March 27 in Garden City, NY "Relive the Wonderful Music of Oz based on the original tale in one magical concert event. Featuring some of New York’s finest cabaret singers accompanied by the North Shore Symphony Orchestra."
https://pac.adelphi.edu/au_event/the-wonderful-music-of-oz/

Chicago area kids on Spring break? March dates for the Alphabet Soup stage production of the Wizard of Oz are:

- Palos Hills, IL March 25, 26, 27

- Joliet, IL March 9, 10, 11*, 12*, 13

- Des Plaines, IL March 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

- Schaumburg, IL March 3, 4

- River Forest, IL. March 6

- Chicago, IL, March 24

Theaters and show times: https://www.absproductions.com/the-wizard-of-oz

Article by The International Wizard of Oz Club